Legal

Disclaimer of Liability
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Statement
Trademarks

Disclaimer of Liability

The State Bar of Wisconsin presents the information on this website as a service to our members and other Internet users. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provided by outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or at other sites to which we link.

Terms & Conditions of Use

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.

The State Bar of Wisconsin presents the information on this website as a service to our members and other Internet users. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provided by outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or other sites to which we link. Any unauthorized downloading and distribution of any copyrighted material from this site or sites to which we link, without the copyright owner's permission, is strictly prohibited.

No Service Warranties

This website and the information, software and other material available on or accessible from this website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title, noninfringement or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The State Bar of Wisconsin does not warrant that the website service will be uninterrupted or error free or that any information, software or other material available on or accessible through the website is free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components.

Under no circumstances shall the State Bar of Wisconsin be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages that result in any way from your use of or inability to use the website or your reliance on or use of information, services or merchandise provided on or accessible through the website, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or transmission, or any failure of performance.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold the State Bar of Wisconsin harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to any violation of these terms and conditions by you.

Password-Protected Areas of WisBar and the WisBar Marketplace

Registration allows users to register for seminars, purchase books and products, check the status of those orders, and update their profile. As part of the registration process, users will provide the State Bar of Wisconsin with your email address, and will select a password. All information that users provide to the State Bar of Wisconsin to register must be accurate.

Members of the State Bar of Wisconsin are set up as registered users of this site. Registration allows members to register for seminars, purchase books and products, check the status of those orders, and update their member record. As part of the registration process, members will provide the State Bar of Wisconsin with your unique user ID, which will be either your State Bar of Wisconsin membership number or your email address, and will select a password. All information that members provide to the State Bar of Wisconsin to register as a user must be accurate. Members agree to update such information as it changes. Members may not (i) select or use the ID of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; or (ii) use an ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization. Failure to comply with the foregoing is a breach of this Agreement and will result in immediate termination of the member's registration. Members are responsible for all usage of member's ID, including use of the ID by any third party authorized by the member to use the member's ID and password. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity is grounds for immediate termination of the member's registration.

Privacy Statement

The State Bar of Wisconsin has created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our users. It discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for WisBar, the State Bar of Wisconsin's official Internet site. The State Bar of Wisconsin may change, add to, or remove all or any portion of the statement at any time, but if it does so it will post such changes on this page.

Members and Registered Users

Members and registered users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their password. The State Bar of Wisconsin will not intentionally share a member or registered user's password with any third party (it will email a user the user's password upon request, but only to the user's preidentified email address. Members and registered users are responsible for keeping that email address secure and up-to-date. Registered users and members agree to notify Customer Service of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of the user's ID, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of the user's password.

Use of Domain Names/IP Addresses

We use your domain address (i.e., execpc.com, aol.com or yourfirmname.com) to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer various features of our site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information such as the name of your Internet service provider and its geographic location.

Use of "Cookies"

A "cookie" is a small data file transferred by a website to your computer's memory or hard drive. The State Bar of Wisconsin sends cookies when you surf our site, make purchases, request or personalize information, or register yourself for certain services. Accepting the cookies used on our site does not give us access to your personal information, but we may use the cookies to identify your computer. Cookies are typically classified as either "session" cookies or "permanent" cookies.

"Session" cookies do not stay on your computer after you leave our website or close your browser. Temporary cookies serve to identify the user during each individual visit to the site ("session") and are temporarily stored in the user's browser throughout the course of each individual session. They are used to facilitate shopping, personalization and registration services. For example, cookies can keep track of what you have selected to purchase as you continue to shop and allow you to enter your password only once on Web pages where a login is required.

"Permanent" or "Persistent" cookies are those that remain on your computer. These cookies are used for internal Web reporting and statistics. This information is gathered at an aggregate level and no individual user or computer is identified. We do not and will not use cookies to retrieve data from your hard drive or to obtain your e-mail address or other personal information. The aggregate information collected permits us to analyze traffic patterns on our site. This can enable us over time to provide a better experience on our site by improving content or personalization and making our site easier to use. We also use cookies to help our ad management software display random advertisements throughout the site. "Permanent" cookies can be manually removed by the user.

Third party cookies are cookies that are set on a site that can be read by another site. Commonly third-party cookies are used to create an anonymous profile for partnerships, usage tracking and on-line advertising. Currently, The State Bar of Wisconsin website uses third party cookies to allow our members to take advantage of three partnership programs; fastcase, AddThis, and Google Analytics. If you are concerned about privacy, refer to your browsers help documentation on how to disable them.

Like most modern websites, we use cookies for site personalization and marketing (by allowing us to recommend products that may be of interest to you).

Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can usually refuse cookies or selectively accept certain cookies by adjusting the preferences in your browser. If you turn off cookies, there may be some features of our site that will not be available to you and some Web pages may not display properly.

"Cookies" do not pose a threat to your computer, your Web browser or software installed on your system. They do not contain viruses, and the information provided is not used beyond the general administration or ad management software.

Information gathered through the use of "cookies" is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.

The State Bar of Wisconsin cannot control the use of "cookies" by sites linked to WisBar or to vendor(s) sites that have purchased banner advertisements. WisBar is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.

Online Order Forms and Online Surveys

How will your profile information be used?

We ask users to provide contact information (i.e., email address, phone number, contact person), unique identifiers (i.e., State Bar membership number, password), and/or financial information (i.e., credit card number). Customer information is used to: process and send order(s); bill credit cards, and to contact the customer when necessary.

If you are a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, your email address will be published online in Lawyer Directory and in print in the Wisconsin Lawyer Directory. To request that this information not be published, contact Customer Service.

Directory address – What is it?

If you are a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, an address designated as your directory address is the address that will display in the Wisconsin Lawyer Directory and on Lawyer Directory. If you do not enter a directory address, we will use your work address for this listing.

Online Order and Registration Forms

Registration and order forms on WisBar operate in an environment using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology. We ask users to provide contact information (i.e., email address, phone number, contact person), unique identifiers (i.e., State Bar membership number), and/or financial information (i.e., credit card number). Customer information is used to: process and send order(s); bill credit cards and/or Bar invoice and to contact the customer when necessary. Unique identifiers (i.e., State Bar number) are collected for use as account numbers in our record system.

Information supplied via online order forms and registration forms is used only by the State Bar of Wisconsin. It is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.

Online Surveys

From time to time, we conduct online surveys, which ask visitors for voluntary information on various topics of interest to the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Information supplied for online surveys is used only by the State Bar of Wisconsin. It is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.

Confidential Fields

Confidential fields: If you are a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, much of the information in your profile comes from your State Bar record. If you are not a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, information supplied via online order forms and registration forms is used only to fulfill those orders. In neither case is it sold or provided to vendors, direct mailers, email list services, etc. The following fields are marked in red on the profile form and are considered confidential:

• Dues paid thru date
• Home phone
• Toll free number
• Home county
• Ethnicity
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Social security number

The information contained in these confidential fields will not be released to anyone other than the member or registered user. The exception would be a member's social security number which will be released to the Supreme Court or as directed by the Court.

Electronic Mailing Lists "E-Lists"

Throughout our site, members are given the opportunity to freely subscribe to electronic mailing lists, which are subscription-based groups that send email on certain content/topics to your email account. The identity of subscribers and their corresponding email addresses are not sold or provided to outside vendors, advertisers, direct mailers other email list services, etc.

To unsubscribe to any email list send an email to the WisBar webmaster asking to unsubscribe. Be sure to mention the name of the list.

Opt-Out

In the event that customer information is used to direct State Bar advertisements and announcements to customers, registrants and online survey participants, WisBar will always provide our users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving similar future communications from us.

Credit Card Security

The State Bar of Wisconsin recognizes the importance of protecting the information collected from Users in the operation of this website and in the taking of your online orders. Because your credit card security is a high priority, we have taken reasonable steps to maintain the integrity and privacy of your information to ensure that your payment information is processed confidentially, accurately and securely. The State Bar of Wisconsin uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an encryption technology that protects your credit card information. SSL encrypts all ordering information (name, address and credit card number) so no one can read it as it travels over the Internet.

Delete/Deactivate

This site gives users the option to email Customer Service and request to no longer receive future communications, or our services.

Contacting the Website

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact Customer Service.

Trademarks

The State Bar of Wisconsin maintains a portfolio of trademarks that it uses to promote and distinguish its goods and services. The State Bar’s currently used and federally registered or registration-pending marks include:

• STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN – U.S. Registration No. 4005002
• PINNACLE – U.S. Registration No. 4013233
• PILLAR ICON – U.S. Registration No. 3945835
• REACH NEW HEIGHTS IN YOUR PRACTICE – U.S. Registration No. 3952559
• YOUR PRACTICE. OUR PURPOSE. – U.S. Registration No. 4013234
• LEADERS IN THE LAW. ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE. – U.S. Registration No. 4020444
• WISBAR – U.S. Registration No. 3741623
• WISCONSIN LAWYERS EXPERT ADVISERS. SERVING YOU. – U.S. Registration No. 2764231